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[ballisticvole]

My stonecrafter keeps going down to the deepest part of my fort to pick up a single piece of granite instead of using the stockpile of valuable ores in the same room as his workshop.
I thought that unreserving economic stones would help but he only uses the ores some of the time. How do I force him to use the rocks I want him to?

[Ivefan]

You wan't the dwarf to use metal ore stones? or valuable stones like obsidian?
when they look for materials they check outwards in a cube around them, both in Z and Y directions. so if there is stone one Z under the workshop he will use 9(if there are many) of those before before using the closest ones by the workshop.

[Zaranthan]

Lock him in the workshop with the stockpile. Ideally, build a pocket fort for him with a bedroom and have haulers (D)ump food, booze, and raw material in periodically. Remember to reclaim the supplies and to give him a channel to toss out empty barrels and finished goods. Extra credit for locking in a dedicated hauler for him.

[ballisticvole]

Thanks, I didn't realise they thought 3 dimensionally when deciding on the closest rock, hopefully forbidding the granite above and below the workshop will have him churning out native silver mugs.

[Ivefan]

Dwarves got stonesense. they telepatically know where the nearest rock is - which is good.
But they're to stuupid and stubborn to realize that the rock they decided on was on the other side of that wall.